EP0728422A1 - Machine autonome et automatique a presser les citriques et distribuer les jus - Google Patents

Machine autonome et automatique a presser les citriques et distribuer les jus Download PDF

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EP0728422A1
EP0728422A1 EP94925489A EP94925489A EP0728422A1 EP 0728422 A1 EP0728422 A1 EP 0728422A1 EP 94925489 A EP94925489 A EP 94925489A EP 94925489 A EP94925489 A EP 94925489A EP 0728422 A1 EP0728422 A1 EP 0728422A1
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José Angel ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
    • G07F13/06—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof
    • G07F13/065—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof for drink preparation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
    • A23N1/00—Machines or apparatus for extracting juice
    • A23N1/003—Machines or apparatus for extracting juice especially for citrus fruits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs

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  • This invention deals with presenting a citric juice extracting system within the framework of a public dispensing machine.
  • citric juice extractors wit electric-electronic control, ever since the appearance of the first domestic robots of small size which gave an axis the necessary rotational force to rub against the inside of the citric fruit, situated over the axis of a body which dealt with pressing and dragging as it turned the inside of the citric fruit which was held firm over the said body, straining the juice produced by the said action through the base of the said juice extracting unit.
  • This mechanism was controlled by pushing a button, later evolving to a system where it was only necessary to press the citrus fruit vertically upon the revolving extracting body, which had two stable positions, and upper, stop, position, and a lower one driving the axis.
  • citric fruit preferably of diameters between 86 and 80 millimetres may be stored; approximately 384 pieces of fruit may be stored, while all the interior devices are fitted inside an external casing of similar dimensions to coffee or canned soft drink dispensers.
  • the machine consists of a series of modules which, once assembled, allow, by the insertion of coins for its operation, having placed pieces of citric fruit in the corresponding internal stores, a cup of citric juice to be obtained from the machine.
  • the module identified as (1) will be the money mechanism, which (1) allows the possibility of using the machine subject of this invention either by inserting coins into the device (1a) or by inserting the user's credit card into the device (1b).
  • the acceptance of coins or credit cards will be supervised by an electronic controller (3), which, like the rest of the control devices, will consist of a PC-type computer, to be described below.
  • the said electronic controller (3) will also control the electronic supply equipment which will supply the various devices contained within the system.
  • citric unit container module (4) which consists of a frame (41) of stainless steel with finishing surface treatment and plastic finishing, which bear an alternating grid of 48 tubes (42) manufactured in PVC, preferable of a diameter of 90 millimetres, with a preferable length of 640 millimetres, as can be seen in Figure 4.
  • the tubes are fixed together with contact adhesive (43), which avoids any relative displacement between them.
  • the module (5) or citric unit dispenser, has been located in the machine, the contents of which are explained in greater detail in Figures 5 and 6; this consists of two bands of reinforced PVC, the preferable dimensions of which are 800 millimetres by 500 millimetres, 90 millimetres apart, which are fastened to a toothed band which is moved by a geared motor unit, or a continuous or step-by-step motor, shuttling between the two longitudinal sides of the storage unit (4). Between the two bands, a rotor with six cavities is housed, where the citric fruits will be placed one by one as the said cavities match up with the citric unit storage tubes (42). Thus, the citric fruit contained in the tubes (42) of the store (4) will be steadily distributed, one by one, to the juice extracting module (6).
  • the juice extracting device (6) consists of a tube down which the citric fruit runs from the feeder (5) to the top of the aforesaid juice extracting device (6), consisting of a tube, of a lesser diameter than the first, through which move two pistons and the citric unit-cutting blades.
  • the system has been equipped with a cleaning device (8) for the juice extracting device (6), which, via an orifice opened in the extracting system, injects water under pressure for the periodic cleaning of the compression chamber, this cleaning cycle being self-contained and depending upon the use of the juice extracting device (6).
  • a cleaning device (8) for the juice extracting device (6) which, via an orifice opened in the extracting system, injects water under pressure for the periodic cleaning of the compression chamber, this cleaning cycle being self-contained and depending upon the use of the juice extracting device (6).
  • the cleaning cycle begins, water will be pumped, cleaning the chamber, pipes and pump through which the juice runs, ending up in a three-way valve close to the juice outlet of the machine, which will divert the flow to an unloading tank.
  • the juice passes to a hopper. Once finished, it is pumped to a cup situated in the machine and accessible from outside. Thus, the juice passes to the receiving hopper of the juice pumping unit (7) which will deliver the juice via the juice container (10b) of the refrigeration chamber (10) to a cup situated outside the machine, using to this end the suction and driving pipes of the product, a peristaltic pump and a three-way electrically operated valve, being assisted externally by an air compressor (9) for sucking and driving the liquid.
  • the refrigeration chamber (10), moreover, will contain two more containers deployed to accept on the one hand citric remains (10c) and on the other, water (10c).
  • the system provides cups and sugar contained in sachets, stored respectively in (11) and (13), which are ejected via the dispenser modules (12) and (14) respectively.
  • the means of ejection in both dispensers is based in a ramming mechanism consisting of either a rack and pinion geared motor outfit or an hydraulic micro-cylinder.
  • the drives of the system which will be controlled from the electronic component, will be: the air compressor, the refrigerator cabinet, the cabinet lighting, the electrically operated valves of the squeezing pistons, the citric unit collection motors in the feeder, the cleaning pump for the juice extracting device and its piping, the electrically operated valve which will distinguish the cleaning cycle from the normal operating cycle, the sugar dispenser, the cup dispenser, the magnetic card reader, the coin collector, a selection and error indicator display, a modem or data terminal attached to the magnetic card reader, a detector of liquid output from the machine and a cup placement sensor.
  • the electronic control component will be based on an industrial PC-type computer, which will consist of an industrial microprocessor at 31 megahertz speed, with 512 kilobytes of random access memory, a virtual disk with dual ROM and RAM program with battery, a real-time clock with battery, to RS-232 series ports, two parallel ports, two cards with eight opto-isolated digital inputs and eight digital outputs and watchdog circuit to restart the system in the case of serious failure.
  • an industrial PC-type computer which will consist of an industrial microprocessor at 31 megahertz speed, with 512 kilobytes of random access memory, a virtual disk with dual ROM and RAM program with battery, a real-time clock with battery, to RS-232 series ports, two parallel ports, two cards with eight opto-isolated digital inputs and eight digital outputs and watchdog circuit to restart the system in the case of serious failure.
  • the software with which the control electronics have been equipped is planned to distinguish two parallel processes, namely that of external of physical action, in the normal juice extracting cycle, and the machine's internal cleaning cycle.
  • the normal cycle is defined by the flow chart in Figure 2.
  • the cycle will begin with the insertion either of coins (101) or of a magnetic card (102), followed by validation (103) by the electronic system.
  • the cup dispensing system (104) will be activated, which will activate the cup placement sensor )105), which will allow the sugar sachet and spoon dispenser mechanism (106) to be activated.
  • the motor will be started to move the axle of the six-orifice drum of the citric unit dispenser (107), detecting the passage of the citric unit and inserting the citric unit into the extracting device (109). Should the sensor not detect the passage of the citric unit as it passes (108), the cylinder will be driven again, being allowed to rotate 120 degrees.
  • step (109), of inserting the citric unit into the juice extracting device the activation signal will be given to the ram (111), to subsequently give the signal to cut and squeeze the citric unit (112).
  • the liquid obtained shall be pumped (113), coming out finally at the external output and falling into the cup (114).
  • step (112) the reverse steps will be applied in the extracting mechanisms to prepare the said device for the next extraction, drawing back the retention piston (115), dropping the citric remains into their container (116) and placing the pistons in their initial position (117).
  • step (118) will cause the sequence to be repeated from step (107), ending (118) the cycle following the third repetition (119).
  • the system After a certain time passes without extraction or after a certain number of extraction cycles, the system will automatically activate a cleaning cycle as shown in Figure 3.
  • the start is caused by a signal (201) coming from the control electronics, after which the three-way valve will be switched and water will be transferred from the water container (202), being sucked into the water pump (203), which will pass it to the jets situated in the juice extracting device (204), at the same time opening the pistons and allowing the water to pass through the pump and the juice pipes or channels (205), ending up finally in a container for water and citric remains (206), stopping the pump (207), and switching back the three-way valve.
  • FIGS 5 and 6 show the dispenser device (5) which will select each of the tubes (42) of the citric unit frame or store.
  • the rotating PVC band (50) can be seen as a blind tensed over some rollers (55) which aid its mobility.
  • the rotating band (50) is responsible for selecting the dropping of citric units one by one through alternate gaps (51) planned on its surface, thus selecting one of the three tubes (42) which exist in each line of the citric unit store (4).
  • a rotating cylinder has been provided (52), equipped with gaps (56), which will be moved through guide-rails (53) planned to run along the supports (54) situated on either side, achieving the fall of a citric unit from the store to the juice extracting module when the two holes (56) and (51) coincide.
  • the disposition of the dispensing device towards the citric unit tube selection (42) may be recognized, being of a matrical nature; i.e. a row with citric units is selected to then select a column.
  • the piston (71) will draw back, opening behind it an orifice (73) in the base through which the waste will be disposed of by a thrust of the piston (64), this waste falling the a rear waste hopper, defined above.
  • the treatment line for citric units which enter via an intake hopper (4a), falling from the different tuber (42) arrayed in the store (4).
  • the dispenser (5) Surrounding the said store (4) is the dispenser (5), equipped with its rotating band (50) supported on rollers (55) and the intake cylinder (52), which, upon selecting a citrus units, will drop it through and discharge hopper (5a) to fall into the juice extracting device (6), where the liquid will pass to the pump (7a) which will drive it out and where the waste will fall into the hopper (9), beside the liquid hopper (10c).

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